Prepayment for meals may be made directly to the student’s meal account at the school by cash or check or through MyPaymentsPlus.com.  The use of MyPaymentsPlus.com allows parents to pay and replenish a student’s meal account using a credit or debit card via a secure Internet site.

Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS) and the School Nutrition Program (SNP) strive to ensure all students have an opportunity to eat school breakfast and lunch. Students at all grade levels will be permitted to charge a complete breakfast and/or lunch if the student arrives at school without a packed meal, money to pay for a meal, or their meal account has insufficient funds to pay for the entire meal. The provided meal will be charged to the student’s account at the appropriate meal price. Students will not be permitted to charge incomplete meals or a la carte items. Attempts will be made to contact families (parent or guardian) who have students with negative balances on their school meal accounts. Communication may be done through email or a letter to the parent or guardian in an attempt to collect the negative balance. Parents can monitor their student’s meal account activity, receive low balance alerts, and check the remaining account balance by registering, at no cost, with MyPaymentsPlus.com.

Chesapeake Public Schools School Board will not take the following actions for students who owe a school meal debt:

• Require a student to do chores or other work to pay for such meals.

• Require a student to wear a wristband or hand stamp.

• File a lawsuit against a student or the student’s parent because owes a school meal debt. 

“Delinquent” debt (deemed collectible) will remain on the student’s meal account as long as they are enrolled in Chesapeake Public Schools.

Bad debt may not be absorbed by the non-profit food service account and must be restored using non-Federal funds.  These funds may come from the school district’s general fund, special funding from State or local governments, or any other non-Federal sources.

Meal Prices

Meal prices for the 2023-2024 school year beginning July 1, 2023 (including summer programs after July 1), are noted below:

*Students who qualify for reduced-price meals will have their meal costs waived this year.

The free and reduced meal application is currently being updated for the 2023-2024 school year. 

My Payments Plus
Students who qualify for reduced-price or paid meals will need to provide cash, check, or have money on their student MyPaymentsPlus account for payment. When you create your free account at MyPaymentsPlus you will have the option to put money on your student’s Meal Account or General Account. Money on the Meal Account can only be used to purchase meals. Money on the General Account can be used to purchase meals and a la carte items (drinks, snacks, extra entrees). The MyPaymentsPlus account is linked directly to your school’s student information system and provides real-time balances and invoices.

MyPaymentsPlus Benefits: 
-Pay for meals, view cafeteria purchases, receive low-balance alerts or enroll in auto-pay
-Gain 24/7 access to meal payments and history for all your students in one place

For questions regarding MyPaymentsPlus and payment of school meals, please contact the School Nutrition office at 757.547.1470.

As long as your student is enrolled in a school within the Chesapeake Public Schools system, their student meal account balance(s) will roll over to the next grade or school. You may transfer balances from between Meal and General accounts or from one student account to another student account within the same household by completing the form below.

If your student is withdrawing or graduating from Chesapeake Public Schools and they have a balance on their student Meal/General Account, you may use the form below to transfer the balance(s) to another student account within the same household or to request a refund.

Please submit completed forms by email to Lana Tebault, Business Manager or by fax to (757) 547-0916. Please contact Mrs. Tebault with any questions.

Download Refund and Transfer Request[PDF]